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Spotting Fetal Growth Problems Early Could Cut UK Stillbirths by 600 a Year
January 25, 2013 — Growth restriction in an unborn child is the single largest risk factor for stillbirth, especially when it goes unrecognized before birth, finds a new study. Yet it is currently missed in most ... > full story -
ICUS for Newborns in Nine States See Sharp Drop in Bloodstream Infections
January 24, 2013 — Central line associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a year in hospital neonatal intensive care units participating in a new patient safety ... > full story -
Breastfeeding OK for Mothers Taking Immunosuppressant Drug, Study Suggests
January 24, 2013 — Women taking the immunosuppressant tacrolimus can rest assured that breast feeding will not elevate their babies' exposure to the drug, according to a new study. The findings are good news for young ... > full story -
Prenatal Inflammation Linked to Autism Risk
January 24, 2013 — Maternal inflammation during early pregnancy may be related to an increased risk of autism in children, according to new findings. Researchers found this in children of mothers with elevated ... > full story -
New Brain Circuit Sheds Light on Development of Voluntary Movements
January 23, 2013 — All parents know the infant milestones: turning over, learning to crawl, standing, and taking that first unassisted step. Achieving each accomplishment presumably requires the formation of new ... > full story -
Brain Structure of Infants Predicts Language Skills at One Year
January 22, 2013 — Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict ... > full story -
Potential to Prevent, Reverse Disabilities in Children Born Prematurely, Study Suggests
January 17, 2013 — Researchers report for the first time that low blood and oxygen flow to the developing brain does not, as previously thought, cause an irreversible loss of brain cells, but rather disrupts the cells' ... > full story -
Is Athleticism Linked to Brain Size? Exercise-Loving Mice Have Larger Midbrains
January 17, 2013 — Is athleticism linked to brain size? Researchers performed laboratory experiments on house mice and found that mice that have been bred for dozens of generations to be more exercise-loving have ... > full story -
H1N1 Flu Shots Appear Safe for Pregnant Women: Pandemic Vaccination Did Not Increase Risk of Fetal Death
January 17, 2013 — Pregnant women who were vaccinated against pandemic influenza were not at increased risk of experiencing fetal death. However, pregnant women who contracted influenza had an increased risk of fetal ... > full story -
Slower Growth of Preterm Infants Linked to Altered Brain Development
January 16, 2013 — Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due dates also have slower development in an area of the brain called the cerebral cortex, report ... > full story
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